Character creation
Character customization was confirmed at the Xbox Developer Direct in January 2026. The character creator opens after the childhood prologue in Briar Hill, when the story time-jumps to adulthood.
Confirmed options:
Gender (no locked gender, same as Fable 2 and 3)
Character head presets
Skin tone and ethnicity
Body type
Hair styles
Tattoos
Scars
Clothing and armor
Clothes, shoes, and armor pieces can be equipped. Whether cosmetic items also affect combat stats has not been confirmed. Earlier Fable games treated clothing as mostly cosmetic with social effects: wearing certain outfits changed NPC reactions and reputation outcomes.
No character morphing
In previous Fable games, your character's body changed based on play style. Using Strength made you muscular. Using Will made you thin with glowing veins. Being evil gave you horns. All of that is gone. Your appearance stays as you set it in the creator.
The reputation system handles moral consequences differently this time: through NPC reactions and world effects rather than physical appearance changes. See that article for details.